REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON
SPEAKS ON

TRUE PARENTS
AND OUR
RESPONSIBILITY

December 27, 1981
Belvedere
Translator - Bo Hi Pak

Copyright (c) 1981 by Holy Spirit Association for the
Unification of World Christianity.

Only those of us in the Unification Church use the terminology "True
Parents." If we did not have this terminology, we would probably not
experience so much persecution. Society rejects the unity you have with
True Parents. Of course, if True Parents were not here, there would be
no Unification Church and you would not be here either.

If the Unification Church originates with True Parents, where do the
True Parents come from? Today we must clearly understand the origin of
the term "True Parents." Who is Reverend Moon? An ordinary definition
would be that Reverend Moon is simply a Korean leading a religious
movement. Many Westerners reject the notion of a religious leader
coming here from the Orient; they feel they don't need such a thing.
This subconscious rejection is truly a problem.

The center of Western civilization is basically Judeo-Christian.
Where did Christianity originate? It began with Jesus Christ, who came
from the Middle East. Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire wanted
nothing to do with Jesus Christ. He was described as an Asian and a
Jew, and the Romans certainly didn't feel any need for such a religious
leader. They could not understand that he was sent by God.

Looking back further, let us consider Moses, who began the Jewish
religion. The Jewish faith originated in the Middle East. Jacob's
descendants, the Israelites, were the race upon which the Jewish
religion was founded. People seldom realize that God was the true
origin of Judaism and Christianity. They usually look at the
superficial aspects of religion, without investigating the core. When
we compare Judaism, Christianity, and the Unification Church, we find
many resemblances. In fact, those who look at them externally may
wonder what the differences are.

People seldom realize that God's dispensation develops step by
step. A religion begins on a small base and expands to the largest
scale, the universal scale. The religion, which Jacob began, was
comparable to a family-level religion. Moses founded a tribal religion.
Jesus was the originator of a national-level religion. Now the
Unification Church has come as a religion on the worldwide level. God
has been building upon the same foundation, but always expanding His
work through the birth of each of these religions. Sometimes people
say we are boasting by calling the Unification Church the highest level
religion. However, the truth is that no matter what we claim, unless
God is actively participating in our religion, it will never succeed.

There are several levels of schooling in the American educational
system: elementary, middle school, high school, and university. Some
students might claim that their elementary school is the best in the
country and later, when they go to middle or high school, also feel
they are attending the best one. Such students, however, have no frame
of reference beyond their own school; they are confined within it.
Someone observing the overall scheme of education realizes that no
level of schooling is complete in itself, but is merely one step in the
process of education.

No one can say that the knowledge he gained in elementary school was
unnecessary. Without the training you received there, you would never
have learned the alphabet! No matter how far you go in the educational
system, you rely upon the learning you gained from all previous levels
of schooling. When people begin their education, they embark upon a
long process, which for some will culminate in advanced degrees. By the
same token, when God began His process of religion for mankind, His
desire was to carry that process to the ultimate goal.

Some people might think they don't need the educational system. They
want to enjoy "freedom" on all levels and still reach the university
level some day-all on their own terms. But the only point at which a
person can enjoy true freedom from the educational process is when he
completes the highest level for his field and is ready to embark upon
his career. He cannot indulge in random "freedom" in order to reach
that highest level of learning; he must work at it.

The Use and Abuse of Freedom

What is freedom? The Western world today is intoxicated by the
concept of freedom, but in reality, freedom is abused everywhere.
People don't want to be bothered with the process of gaining true
freedom; they want total freedom now. If a nation or society wishes to
enjoy true freedom it must be guided by a certain order and rules. A
student must obey the regulations of his school in order to enjoy
freedom within that school. The freedom of a society must be sacred
and it must be guarded by authority.

If a school principal wished to be exempt from all the rules and
regulations of the school, he would not be a true representative of
authority. If he were to go out and get drunk, forgetting his school
responsibilities, the students and teachers under him would never
respect him. When freedom is abused and misused, its dignity is lost
and disaster is the inevitable result.

Since I am the leader of the Unification Church, can I follow my
whims and do anything I wish? Not at all. I must be the first to
observe the principles and laws of the Unification Church and God. Only
based on such observance can I be a truly free person and maintain
authority as a leader. God Himself is guided by the same principle;
God created all the laws of the universe, so He must be the first to
uphold them. Why do we have rules and laws within the Unification
Church? It is because we need a foundation of law and principle in
order to consummate freedom.

What figures in history truly fulfilled the meaning of freedom? Only
those who lived up to every iota of the law and principle. By laying
that kind of groundwork, they could experience true freedom. This
applies to the past, present, and future. More than any other being God
longs to experience total freedom. With such a desire, He would have to
be the first one to observe the laws and principles which He created-in
the past, present, and future.

You must be liberated from any conditions or hooks, which can
restrict your freedom. Your life should be clear of any limitations
upon your freedom, not only in the present but in the future as well if
you are to be a truly free person.

After I have gone to the spirit world, many scholars and authorities
will discuss the pros and cons of the philosophy I have taught. Such
discussions, however, originate from the limited viewpoints of human
beings. The important perspective is God's. As long as God guides me
and sees that my actions conform to universal law, no one will ever be
able to accuse or destroy anything I have done.

As one's level of understanding rises, the regulations, which guided
him at an earlier stage, become less important. For example, in a
university, the rules, which restrict elementary students, are
sometimes disregarded or even totally reversed. As one step in the
process is completed, focus shifts to the next one; each level is the
foundation for the following one. A student who completes middle school
does not return to kindergarten rules; he looks forward to the realm of
high school and its rules.

The kindergarten student might protest the actions of a high school
student, but that high school student has already fulfilled the
requirements of the lower level and is now bound by a higher law. Once
you have graduated from a lower level, you are no longer bound by its
hooks. The person who has risen to the top has already fulfilled all
the laws of the lower levels; he is on a higher plateau.

Smoking is forbidden in elementary school, for instance, but when a
student goes to the university, there is no prohibition against
smoking. Neither is he discouraged from dating; he is invited to
proms, parties, and the like. At each level, the laws and regulations
vary, and higher levels have the power to embrace lower ones. As you
grow, you need each level of rules and regulations in turn, but once
you have gone beyond a certain stage, living by the rules of an earlier
stage would actually inhibit your growth. Every step along the way is
important; you must observe every step.

You may sometimes think, "I want to have total freedom. In fact, I
want Father and the Church to follow my desires and my way of life." Do
you think your way is above the Church's way, or should you follow the
Unification Church's ways and regulations? One of those regulations is
to attend 6:00 a.m. Sunday service at Belvedere. You may wonder why we
have such a peculiar law. Perhaps you wish we could be a little more
"civilized." This is Christmas weekend; everybody else in the world is
resting and enjoying themselves, so you probably want to do the same.
We must understand clearly why we observe these rules and regulations.

Freedom, Order, and the Universe

Freedom prospers only upon the strict observance of certain laws.
The purpose of freedom is not to destroy order. Young people in America
today commonly feel that their parents are old fashioned. They talk a
lot about the generation gap. They feel that their parents cannot
understand them, so they just push them aside. They also tend to
disregard the laws of society. "I am free," they say, "So I want to do
whatever I feel like doing." However, these are words, which Satan
whispers into their ears. Such an attitude is most destructive not only
to society and the nation, but also to the person himself.

Some women teachers in the United States have actually been raped by
their students. Is this freedom? All kinds of vandalism and destruction
to school property have been done in the name of "freedom." This is
most ridiculous and totally offensive to God's laws and human decency.
No one in the Unification Church would ever live like that.

With such abuse of freedom by its citizens, no society or nation can
long endure. That is not freedom at all. Anyone who claims such freedom
is ignorant of the nature of eternity and the spirit world. The spirit
world is a realm of order, discipline, and regulations. That world will
reject such a person. Hell in the spirit world is the container for
such abusers. There are spaces in hell reserved for those who indulge
in such so-called freedom here on earth. This world has many more
candidates for hell than for heaven. Is this just my opinion or do you
think it is the truth?

The universe, which God created, is characterized by distinct law
and order, both vertical and horizontal. There is always upper and
lower, right and left, front and rear. If someone's position is to
stand in the rear, he cannot simply say, "I don't like to stand back
here; I want to stand in front." Somebody has to be in the front and
somebody has to be in the rear. There is a certain prescribed order. If
someone is designated to stand in front, it is because he has certain
qualifications to be there. Likewise, the person in the rear was
assigned there for a logical reason, not out of whim. Everybody must
strive to gain the highest position possible within the law.

In an elementary school classroom, the shorter children are supposed
to sit in front. What if one of the taller boys demanded a front seat,
since he is "free"? The only way he could qualify to sit in front would
be if he somehow made himself shorter. He must observe this law or
regulation because it brings harmony to the whole group. If he sits up
front, the smaller boys and girls won't be able to see the blackboard.
Of course, this is simply common sense and most people would see the
obvious reason for such a regulation.

Let's say a certain girl is totally free, running around and
disturbing everybody else. She would have to be contained somehow in
order to protect the welfare and peace of all the other people around
her. If she were allowed to run wild she would destroy the peace of
others. This is simple logic. Any society which accepts the abuse of
freedom in its midst promotes disorder and will eventually decline. Do
you want American society to fall into chaos? Certainly not. Then you
must contain the destructive elements that are ruining the health of
society. Young people who indulge themselves freely in wild activities
are creating their own destiny in the cages of hell.

One day in Washington, D.C., I saw a girl walking around on the
street wearing only the bottom of her bikini. She had nothing on top.
I'm sure she was thinking, "I'm perfectly free; I'm at liberty to
expose myself wherever I desire. So I will wear my topless bikini on
the street in broad daylight." Nobody said anything to her; people were
walking by her, trying not to stare. Amazingly, one Oriental man who
happened to be Reverend Moon was so disgusted by this that I scolded
her and made her feel ashamed. There are two ways to react to such an
incident: one person would feel apathetic and say, "I don't care." The
other person will feel deeply concerned and want to do something to
stop it. Which kind of reaction is needed for a healthy society?
Certainly the second one. I don't think that girl will go around in her
topless bikini again.

I would like to see all Unification Church members reacting to their
surroundings with a strong conscience not being apathetic at all. You
must be people who care and who will work to build a healthy society.
If a society continues to reject such efforts, it will eventually
decline.

The Bible says, "Know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Knowledge and understanding surely result in true freedom. You become a
new person when you understand the Principle. You must throw off your
old shackles. To become a new person is the true meaning of
resurrection. The men and women who observe the divine laws here on
earth will enjoy eternal freedom in the spirit world. The person who
has observed the law with only 80 percent seriousness will go to a
spirit world that is only 80 percent Heaven; 60 percent seriousness
will result in 60 percent Heaven. But the person who observes 100
percent of the law will enjoy 100 percent of Heaven's freedom.

Living the Principle here on earth is not easy, but the more a
person strives to live by the Principle, the greater and more abundant
the freedom he will enjoy in spirit world. The person, who leads an
easy, lazy life here on earth will go to the lower realms in spirit
world, or even down to hell. Hell is a necessity because there must be
some receptacle for human trash. The law of cause and effect always
operates. In the spirit world you reap the effect of whatever you have
done here on earth. I would very much like to talk with you about the
spirit world, but we are on a different subject today.

The Current State of the U.S.A.

Any group, organization, or society has its own laws or creeds. The
person who is the most serious about observing those laws will always
be elevated to the leadership of his group. However, the one who merely
follows his whims and emotions will never be elevated or revered by any
society. There are so many elements within American society that tempt
and entice people to abuse their freedoms. Giving in to these
temptations will ultimately send people to hell. It is heartbreaking to
see an environment, which encourages people to go only to hell, not to
Heaven. It is a society, which sells tickets to hell.

The United States can only decline if such abuse of freedom
continues. The entire world will contribute to America's destruction.
From the standpoint of God, this is a crisis situation. God's emergency
measure was to send Reverend Moon to America to turn around its moral
climate in the other direction. When I first came here ten years ago, I
declared that the United States would decline if it continued the way
it was going. Everybody here concluded that I was ignorant of America;
they considered the United States a great place and thought it would
never decline.

U.S.A. is a God-given name. It begins with U, meaning "you" first,
instead of "me"; S sounds like "yes"; and A is the first letter of the
alphabet. The American people are first-class citizens of the world;
they are number-one people. This is not bad, but because they have
twisted their position to believe that they can do whatever they feel
like, the effect is bad. God wants the American people to be number one
in terms of living up to His expectation, in terms of obeying the laws
of the Bible and adhering to God's principles. This is the standard to
be number one. If you can say yes to this way, that is great.

The laws of cause and effect states that you will harvest whatever
you sow. If you read the speeches I gave ten years ago, you realize
that my predictions were correct.

The members of the Unification Church have been commissioned to
clean up this American society-using spiritual cleaning powder! When
young people enter the Unification Church, they encounter a disciplined
training program that allows them to turn their way of life around. Do
you want to embrace this training and take on a tougher course than
even the Japanese and Koreans-or do you want me to give you an easier
way since this is the United States?

I have been criticized many times, even among our members, for doing
things the "Korean way." I tell you, the Korean way is not the heavenly
way; therefore, what I am teaching is not the Korean way. I am not even
promoting the Oriental way. The heavenly way is much harder and far
more difficult than any Korean or Oriental way. Because our way is more
difficult, even Korean and Japanese members fall away from the path. Of
course, the ratios vary somewhat in the different countries. More
people have fallen away in the United States than in Japan, and even
fewer have fallen away in Korea. However, the same principle applies.
The Korean people have experienced a history of suffering, so they have
a built-in enduring power. Thus they are better able to persevere in
this course.

In the Last Days, the winners will be those who can persevere and
endure. Certainly Korea's long history of suffering has enabled its
people to endure this time better. My entire life has been one of
persecution by societies and nations. There is one word that could be
used to describe me: tough. Also, I have the power of endurance and
perseverance. Even though I face a mountain of opposition day after
day, I never dodge it; I always confront it head on. Right now we are
facing a mountain of opposition from the U.S. government and from
international communism. I will stand firm and fight until we make the
breakthrough.

I am sure that whether they accept me or not, the world will
eventually realize that Reverend Moon is a man who suffered for God and
His cause. I will certainly be known as a man who was never timid
about speaking out for God. Regardless of his race, every person will
eventually recognize that I am extraordinary in that respect. My
determination is to rise from hell into heaven. I may live and fight in
hell throughout my entire life on this earth, but I will never give up.
This is one reason why the Unification Church and Reverend Moon are
controversial. I accept that.

I Did Not Come to Pat People on the Back

I came to stir up debate and ignite a fire. I certainly did not come
to pat people on the back. I am a controversy in both worlds. Satan
certainly is in an uproar because of me. Even God feels I am quite a
controversy at times!

Why has God declared such an emergency? Because I have been fighting
so hard and have stirred up Satan and his forces so much, God has to
help me out! Do you think God knows me well? Does Satan know me well
too? I am well known both in Heaven and hell!

Who is encouraging my actions? Certainly not Satan. God and heavenly
people are inspiring me. I have been living in hell, but my supporters
are God and heavenly people. When a society gives its greatest
opposition to godly people is it closer to Heaven or to hell? By this
criterion, American society is closer to a hellish standard.

It is only logical for us to resolve to turn American society around
and save it. Do you agree with this? The United States has strongly
opposed me, so what do you feel you should do in response? You know
that you should turn this negativity into positivity. How many people
are in this room today? You are a tiny number compared to the 240
million people in this country and the vast majority of them oppose the
things we say and do. So is our course an easy one?

You are receiving training in your daily life to enable you to avoid
danger. You women especially must be able to protect yourselves in case
someone tries to attack you. You must be able to sense the atmosphere
around you and judge when danger is near. Of course, you should not
walk alone but have a partner. It would be good to learn karate, too.

This is the final Sunday of 1981. We should prepare to meet 1982.

As a result of God sending the True Parents, you are members of the
Unification Church. How do you know that True Parents did not come from
Satan? In the Principle you have a dependable yardstick to measure good
and evil; understanding it thoroughly will enable you to distinguish
clearly whether a person is good or evil.

I have certainly given you many hardships to endure. My only
intention in doing so, however, was to enable you to go anywhere and
not only survive but be victorious. I want to make each of you part of
God's elite corps of champions, the top one percent. Would you be
satisfied somewhere at the bottom of the list?

God's Champions

There are two different attitudes towards life among the members of
the Unification Church. Some say: "I want to excel in everything I do
and apply my utmost effort to achieve the goal." But others say, "I'll
do whatever I can, as long as it doesn't take too much effort." Which
attitude is yours'? The leaders of the future will come from those who
give their utmost effort and take the Church's burdens upon
themselves.

Let me give you a simple example of the qualifications for
leadership. Recently I invited many Church leaders to eat with me at a
Chinese restaurant. Some of the groups were very greedy to start
eating while others waited until everyone else had been served. Which
do you think is more qualified to be a leader? Oriental custom provides
built-in training in this area: young people are taught to wait until
their elders are served. The Western way is the opposite: young people
assert their right to eat first and are not taught much respect for
their elders. From Heaven's standpoint, those who have learned the
Oriental standard in such a situation are more qualified to be
leaders.

You say that you want to become leaders in the Unification Church.
Therefore you should be willing to receive discipline and training,
particularly in learning to serve older people. You should be able to
gain universal acceptance from people of all societies and races. Those
who adopt the standards of Heaven will achieve such universal
acceptance. White people must be able to win the acceptance of the
black community; likewise, black people must be able to gain the
acceptance of the white community. You must be able to live and work
with people from different races without harboring any secret
resentment in your heart.

It is very possible that when white people go to the spirit world
and try to enter the door to Heaven, they will be met by a black
security guard. Black people will have to be accepted by a white
security guard. Under those circumstances, would anybody say, "I don't
really need Heaven"? If you were criticized by the security guard for
not loving his race, wouldn't you ask him for forgiveness so that you
could enter? You would be willing to do anything in order to gain
admittance into Heaven.

Suppose you found Satan standing by the door to Heaven, holding a
sharp spear. If you were soft, he could pierce you and take you to
hell, but if you were strong like a rock he could not touch you. The
best way to gain entry into God's kingdom in Heaven is to obtain a
certificate of recognition signed by Satan while you are still living
on earth.

I have received many such certificates from Satan. One of the most
dramatic was during the Blessing of the 36 couples. Incredible
controversy erupted at that time; people were praying to God, "Please
don't let Reverend Moon take my son away. Let him die tonight instead."
Now many of those same people are completely transformed and have
become dedicated members.

At the time of the 36 couple Blessing, the entire nation of Korea
opposed me. I was a villain in the eyes of the country. However, the
situation has greatly changed. Now many Koreans are saying that
Reverend Moon's ideology offers the only hope for the future of Korea
and the world.

Japan is another good example. Several years ago in Japan, I was
commonly thought of as a terrible person, a supreme monster. However,
the general opinion today is that Reverend Moon's teachings hold the
only hope for stopping communism in Japan. Don't you think the United
States will follow the same pattern?

Satan has written me off as a hopeless case. I have been enduring
his attacks and persevering in spite of them for such a long time, he
has signed my certificate with no reservations.

One the various categories of people is that of true men and women.
Do you wish to become true men and women only within the society of the
Unification Church, or on a universal scale? You aim to become true
people on the universal scale not because you are Moonies but because
you understand the truth and can appreciate the greatest value.

The Yardstick for True Men and Women

You can measure me by the yardstick of the Principle and tell if I
am a true man or not. As a religious leader, I have done many unique
things. No other religious leader of the past or present has been
interested in assembling intellectuals of various faiths in order to
help them direct their energies toward a more harmonious, peaceful
world. Right now a conference is taking place in Hawaii with the unique
title, "God: The Contemporary Discussion." Top level theologians and
thinkers are discussing various attitudes and beliefs about God. This
is the first time such a conference has been organized and it was
founded by Reverend Moon.

Christianity has been the source of the greatest opposition to me,
but I have invested great amounts of energy and resources to help bring
about a revival of Christianity. Jewish people as well have opposed me,
but I teach that Judaism is the elder brother of the Unification
Church. The Bible directs people to love those who persecute them. This
has been my way of life.

What is the highest level to which someone could aspire: true man,
true leader, true king, or true parent? Mankind is not hungry for a
king or leader, but all people long for the love of a true parent.
Don't you, too? What kind of a title did God want to give to me? Do
you reply "True Parent" just because you are Moonies? God wants to give
the title True Parent to the person who has brought the deepest
understanding of the universe and the aching heart of God, to the one
who has shed the most tears and sweat for His sake.

During Jesus' ministry there was no time when Judaism was truly
close to embracing his teachings. However, at this time much dialogue
has been occurring between representatives of Judaism, Christianity and
the Unification Church. Two thousand years ago, Israel was a tiny
country under the rule of the mighty Roman Empire. Similarly, the
United States today is the Rome of the 20th century and Korea is under
its dominion in almost every respect.

I have come to the mighty Rome of this era and have waged a war, in
a way, against the social conditions here. Who do you think will
surrender in defeat? Even though the government of the United States is
bringing me into the courtroom, I will not be defeated. Instead, I
shall declare a victory in that very place. Once that victory is
proclaimed, it will prevent all possibility of our members ever having
to shed their blood or die for the sake of God.

Suppose Jesus had been able to travel to Rome and wage a moral and
spiritual crusade against that nation's evils. Certainly the Roman
authorities would have opposed him, but if he had been victorious over
them, there would have been no need for the 400 years of terrible
bloodshed and martyrdom which gave birth and power to the Christian
religion. This is exactly what I am trying to accomplish today.

Communism is God's worst enemy in His quest to build an ideal
world. Who else but Reverend Moon is waging a worldwide battle against
communism? Do you think God and His providence are headed in a
direction opposite from me, or is God embracing me? The knowledge that
God and history are embracing me gives me great confidence in our
eventual victory. In the face of such support, no other power can
defeat me. It doesn't even matter if I am put into prison. Once I am
liberated, the entire world will enjoy the same kind of liberation.

I know you feel that following me is a very difficult task.
Sometimes you consider abandoning it. But even if you gave up, God
would never give up, history would never give up, and I would never
give up. Therefore, who would be left alone? The one who pulls away
from God's direction and guidance is actually withdrawing from the
ultimate trend of history; he cuts himself off from the universe.
Therefore, the consequences of joining this movement extend far beyond
just the individual and his sphere. The individual who unites with
God's dispensation is joining with all of history-past, present, and
future.

True Parents' and Our Responsibility

Everyone will inevitably go to the spirit world. How terrible it
would be if someone couldn't lift his face before God in the spirit
world! Even in hell such a person would be an outcast. Those there
would criticize him for being a real fool. "We came to hell out of
ignorance of God and His principles," they would say, "but you knew the
truth and threw it away." That would be the worst situation one could
imagine. I would not want even one single person to find himself in
such a horrible place in the spirit world.

My responsibility has been to pass on to you an understanding of
truth. Once the student has learned from the teacher, the relationship
between them is fulfilled and finished. Beyond the role of teacher,
however, lies the role of true parent. A parent can never be finished
with his children. God does not want the relationship between you and
me to be just a student teacher relationship. God wants you to be able
to stay with me forever. Therefore, God gave me the title of True
Parent, and that position means we can never be separated. If I were no
more than a judge or teacher, perhaps I could send you to hell.
However, I cannot do it. As your parent, I would have to go down to
hell with you and raise you out of it.

You must realize that God has been suffering throughout history to
establish the title and position of True Parent on the earth. The True
Parents are the expression of God's great love for mankind. God's
intention is to save all people, including those who are now in hell.
The words "True Parents" are precious, and the bond between mankind and
True Parents is one of love. Brother, sister, president-no other title
is greater, no other relationship more intimate. Only True Parents can
bring the true relationship of love to mankind. Love and forgiveness
are God's way.

Someone sentenced to prison would want above everything else to be
comforted and given hope for the future. He would welcome the love of
an ordinary, secular person, but think how much more precious and
comforting the presence of True Parents would be. They would bring with
them the love of God and all the strength of history. You must realize
the true meaning and origin of the title True Parents. I never invented
this title; I never even sought to gain such a title. No one else has
ever been capable of fulfilling this role or even willing to try. But
because it was God's wish, it was also my wish.

Our topic today is "The True Parents and Our Responsibility." We
have discussed the True Parents, so now we must understand our
responsibility.

The True Parents' task of finding and restoring true children is not
easy. As each of you begins to follow the True Parents, you are opposed
by the entire world-your family, your society, the news media. Yet even
under such adverse circumstances, the True Parents must keep calling
and trying to restore true children, one by one. Do I gain commercial
benefit by doing this? Why do I do it? I must fulfill my role of True
Parent. Behind those words lies the real significance of my life. At
the core of those words is true love.

No person of sinful lineage is truly worthy of being called a true
child of God; even if he came knocking on the door of Heaven hundreds
of times, he could not be considered worthy of entering. But in
reality, I am coming and knocking on the door of each one of you and
reaching out to you. How can I bring you back into your proper position
as true children of God? Only by taking on your burdens of sin myself,
by claiming your sins as mine before God. Whatever mistakes you make
within the Unification Church ultimately come upon my shoulders.

I came to the United States 10 years ago, and I have done nothing
bad or wrong here. However, because my followers have made so many
mistakes, the blame comes straight to me. The typical worldly standard
would be to dismiss people who bring one suffering. However, the True
Parent cannot do such a thing. Right now, the U.S. government is
pressing a case against me in court. Legally speaking, I did not have
to return to the United States and face this trial; it was only for the
sake of you American members and your posterity that I am facing this.
If I had tried to protect myself, then you would be open to attack. I
could not let that happen. I will be your shield. I would rather be
torn apart myself than for that to happen to you. I want you to
understand that.

The Past and the Present

We cannot abandon the great accomplishments and foundation we have
laid. We must build on these victories. Think about human history.
This is the first time the term True Parents has ever existed. In order
to achieve the level of true parent, how many other levels have to be
achieved'? You must begin with the level of true servant of servants
and true beggar-even true martyr. No one can leap into the position of
true parent if he does not go through all the levels beneath.

To get to the top of a staircase you must climb step by step from
the lowest level. From the worst, most miserable position of human
society, a person must climb up to the level of true parent. The power
to climb all the way up is that of sacrificial love; it is the road of
the cross. One must overcome such suffering in order to achieve the
title of true parent. Each step must be mastered as you move up the
path.

When you were introduced to the Principle, you also encountered
various new terms: servant of servant, adopted son, and so forth. These
words are more than just intellectual concepts. They represent the
actual life I have lived and the actual steps I have climbed. Whenever
you observe people in miserable situations in life, such as beggars and
hungry people, think of the times when I was in their position. I was
once a laborer, a dock worker, and a beggar.

When I was persecuted by the communist regime in North Korea, the
police arrested me and tortured me until they thought I was dead. Don't
you realize that I could have felt resentment toward my situation at
such times? I could have demanded of God, "Why are You allowing me to
suffer like this? Why can't You do something to protect me, since You
are so great and powerful?" This would have been the common reaction.
But even though my hands were bruised and bleeding, I clasped them in
prayer for those who tortured me. I know that those who beat me were
only acting on orders; they could not reject me completely. I longed to
embrace them and forgive them. I refused to write them off. You also
should not give up when you encounter opposition or difficulties.

When God looks at mankind, whom can He trust? To whom do the saints
in the spirit world look for inspiration? Because God gave me the title
of True Parent, I must fulfill my responsibility. With a parental
heart, I look at each of you, at America, and at the world. The true
parental heart is to love and forgive the child. Even if the child is
being led to his execution for crimes he committed, the parent will
keep trying until the very last minute to get his child's sentence
commuted. This has been my heart ever since coming to the United
States. Without such a heart I could not have persevered here; I would
have left long ago.

What is the true relationship between you and the True Parents? Is
it a real, honest-to-goodness relationship or is it merely on the level
of intellect? The concept of True Parents is logical, so perhaps you
relate to us only as a concept. But what about your emotions, your
heart in your day-to-day life? Do you feel the reality of the True
Parents in your daily life?

When I look at you, I know that you are real children of God. As
soon as you joined the Unification Church, you walked into eternity. I
consider you eternal beings, and I care about your eternal life, not
just this moment or next month or next year.

At the least, Unification Church members should feel some closeness
and intimacy with the True Parents. Many people cannot have a real
feeling about God since He is invisible; but the True Parents are right
here, visible and tangible. You can talk with us, weep with us, and
work with us. You should feel a heart-to-heart closeness with us.

Most of you had to give up your old lifestyles and former friends;
you have even sacrificed your time with your families and relatives. To
side with me, you have even had to disregard your nation, since public
opinion has been against me. Why have you done all this? Because you
know that ultimately you will be able to return to the mainstream of
your nation, your society, and your family and restore them to God's
side. Since you understand this, you have determined to disregard such
things temporarily. Even though you have had to sacrifice so much, you
still love me. You made up your mind that the relationship you most
need right now is the one with the True Parents. You have sacrificed
the temporal things for the eternal things; once you gain eternal
values you can easily claim temporal things.

Up to the present, spirit world has not been organized by families,
societies, or nations but from now on, these shall be formed in the
spirit world. Who will be the pioneers of the heavenly nation in the
spirit world'? You and the True Parents. You may think you have lost
everything in this world, but you are actually pioneering your greatest
inheritance. You have gained eternal relationships based upon the
condition of temporarily disregarding your physical and temporal
relations.

The Servant of Servants Course

The Washington Monument Rally was the culminating point of all your
sacrifices, from the individual, to the family, society, national, and
worldwide levels. What was the significance of that rally? Until then
there was no heavenly world physically represented on the earth-only
the realm of Satan. But at that point, the Unification movement
achieved a worldwide level and formed a unity between the physical and
spiritual worlds.

The beginning of the new age was declared on February 23, 1978 Year
One of the Heavenly Kingdom. A new world and a new nation on Heaven's
side were formed. From then on we could truly wage a substantial battle
against Satan's realm. From that point forward you have been granted
the position of judges and lawyers of the Heavenly Kingdom. Each one of
you will have a certain position on the heavenly side.

In order to carry out that responsibility, however, you have to know
the law. Therefore, you Unification Church members need to receive more
heavenly reeducation so you can be truly good judges. You have to be
able to receive an order from the True Parents, obey it and put it into
practice. That is how you will be qualified to guide the world. There
will be no true freedom until you fulfill yourselves by following the
laws of Heaven.

I could proclaim my freedom and right to enjoy myself since I have
consummated my responsibilities regarding the laws of Heaven, but I did
not want to take that route. Even now I am living as a servant, because
I desire only the ultimate heavenly freedom. Such a freedom can extend
all the way into hell and not be diminished; hell itself can be
transformed into Heaven.

I have been talking about myself today. Externally, I have lived as
a servant of servants, but my heart has been that of a parent. This is
how God has acted throughout history. He has gone forth in the shoes of
a servant, but with the heart of a Father. You have True Parents in
this physical world, but God Himself is the internal True Parents.
Since God has taken the suffering course of the loving parent, the True
Parents had to walk the same path. For whom did they do it'? Not for
themselves, but for the children.

When you grasp the spirit and ideology of the True Parents, you will
be truly able to understand and accept them. These are things you
should actually feel and experience.

It is pleasant to rise higher and higher in this world and gain
greater and greater position, but to climb down is very painful. Nobody
wants to do it; virtually nobody does it without complaining. It is
only with a parental heart that one can become humble and willingly
accept the lowly tasks of a servant.

It is amazing that God, who is the highest being, has come down to
the lowest realms of humanity in order to save His children. God
doesn't care about how weak or pale He may appear; He has forgotten all
personal matters. For a prominent white leader of society to go into
the home of a poor black slum-dweller and clean his kitchen is still
nothing compared with the way God has been humbling Himself and serving
mankind throughout history.

Grafting Onto the True Parents

When you think about it, every person has committed crimes in the
realm of the heart. Climbing up to God could take hundreds, even
thousands, of years. No one could live long enough to do it. Someone
had to come to build the bridge and set the condition so that mankind
could leap forward and achieve salvation. My work, especially during
the past 20 years, has been to lay that bridge. The parents walked the
course of restoration, so when their children follow them, Satan cannot
invade. The family bonds between us give you a free pass and guarantee
protection against Satan. The worst, most odious words for Satan are
True Parents and true children, because this is precisely what renders
Satan powerless. The universe has to turn over everything to the True
Parents and the true children; even Satan is bound by that law.

God and history endorse the True Parents. I am trying to turn over
this inheritance from God and history to you. How can you deserve such
an extraordinary blessing? Only in the capacity of True Parents'
children and in a relationship of love with them. There is no other way
to qualify for the blessing of True Parents. When you declare
yourselves to be the flesh and blood of the True Parents, you are
qualified to receive their inheritance.

Only in a parent-child relationship can such an inheritance be
passed on. If a teacher were to bequeath all his wealth to a student,
the teacher's children could take it away. Only when an inheritance is
passed on to you by your own parent can you be sure to keep it.

Why do you need the inheritance of the True Parents? You were born
from the tree of sin; you are the fallen children of a sinful lineage.
Therefore you have no way to enjoy the true freedom of sinlessness. No
matter how large your family tree may be, it is still a tree of sin.
You must cut yourself off from that tree and graft yourself onto the
tree of sinlessness. The Bible speaks of the true olive tree onto
which the wild olive branches must be grafted.

The process of grafting an entire nation, such as the United States,
which is 200 years old, cannot occur overnight. Many Americans believe
that their tradition is superior to others in the world. They do not
want to be severed from their former ways in order to achieve something
better.

You must become totally new: a new sprout on the true olive tree.
Only then can you become a true olive tree. The good foundation of the
United States can be valuable only when it is grafted onto the true
olive tree. Only within the new tradition of heaven can the good
foundation within America truly come alive. As an individual, each of
you is like a tiny shoot, which has been grafted into the tree of the
True Parents. Only within the relationship of parents and children can
life be grafted.

Have you come to the realization that you need the True Parents? How
much do you need them? Can you buy that relationship with all the money
in the United States or all the wealth in the world? Even if you had a
diamond the size of the planet earth, you could not exchange it for a
relationship with the True Parents. Such a bond can never be purchased.
Only because of the amazing grace of God have you been blessed with a
relationship with the True Parents. This can be a source of joy for
your entire life. Even if you had to remain celibate your entire life,
you could be happy as long as you had that relationship with the True
Parents.

After you are married, if your spouse became an obstacle to your
faith to the point of pushing you away from the True Parents, you would
have to choose which is more valuable-your relationship with your
spouse or your relationship with the True Parents. Even at the
sacrifice of your family life, you should be willing to follow the True
Parents. It is a very precious thing to have a family and it is
ordained as the purpose of your life, but if you had to sacrifice
either the True Parents or your spouse, you should cling to the True
Parents.

The truth is that once you have that relationship with the True
Parents, you can build every other true relationship. You can gain your
spouse and children. The entire world becomes your brothers and
sisters. Ultimately, you can lose nothing by choosing the True Parents
first and foremost.

This is a significant sermon since it is the last Sunday of 1981. I
have been speaking about certain core truths of the Principle and the
Unification Church. Which should be deeper and stronger: your love for
your fiancé or your love for the True Parents? There have been
virtuous husbands and wives who have given their life for the sake of
their spouse or children. Even in the secular world there is a power
that allows people to sacrifice themselves for their family. How much
greater power must exist within the heavenly world!

When you can dedicate your life to advancing the cause of God and
the True Parents, the joy you experience is greater than any other joy.
Have you come to such a realization? Your standard must be to love God
and your True Parents unto your life. You must not focus on the limits
of family, race, culture, or nationality. Through the love of the True
Parents you can transcend them all. In the eternal realm of God and the
spirit world such boundaries simply do not exist. In the spirit world
there is certainly no language barrier. The worst barrier is the one
between you and the True Parents. If you do not overcome that barrier
while you are on the earth, you will not be able to remove it in the
spirit world.

Societal Relations

When I was a young man, my greatest friends were old people,
grandparents. Now that I am getting old, young people are my best
friends. I served old people by carrying them piggyback where they
needed to go. I have also served middle-aged people and young people.
Do you want to inherit only the blessings I have gained on earth, or do
you want to inherit my tradition as well? Is this tradition too harsh
for you?

One of the first places we must liberate here in the United States
are those senior citizens' institutions. The elderly people in those
homes represent all the ancestors of their lineage. By serving and
taking care of the senior citizens on the earth, you can serve all
their ancestors in the spirit world-all the way back to the beginning
of history. Then everywhere you go, you will receive the greatest
welcome.

Who is the eldest senior citizen in the universe? It is none other
than Heavenly Father Himself. As you tend to the needs of old people,
do it with the attitude of caring for the needs of God Himself. God's
desire is for us to take care of all His children. You must understand
this heart of God.

Each of you has become a new person after having met the Principle
and Reverend Moon. What do you first-class citizens of the United
States have in common with me? We are very different and we met as
strangers. But with the shared understanding of the Principle of
Restoration and the terminology of True Parents, we can become
connected and overcome all distances. We become one family-parents and
children.

What kind of children do parents desire? The ambition of all parents
is for their children to achieve the greatest possible success in the
world. By the same token, the true parent would not want to see his
child go to spirit world and not be welcomed into the Heavenly Kingdom.
He would want to see the entire spirit world embrace and welcome his
sons and daughters.

Social and economic inequities have produced terrible conflicts
throughout human history. Some people are rich and others are poor;
some are successful and others are not. There has never been a true
solution to this problem. Only as people learn to love others with the
heart of a true parent can this fundamental problem be eliminated.

The principle of parent-child love can be applied to every
relationship. Within a business, the employer must have the heart of a
parent toward the employees, who are in the position of children. As
long as the employer makes money for the benefit of the entire company,
the employees do not mind it and they willingly contribute their
efforts. Those employees will inherit all the wealth of their employer.
This kind of philosophy can eliminate the resentments that have
occurred between the rich and the poor.

When you receive the inheritance from True Parents, you will be
elevated to the level of true parents yourselves. By starting out at
the level of true child, you eventually become a true parent yourself.
Is the relationship between yourself and the True Parents more clear
now? This is very important for you to understand.

The Parent/Child Relationship

Between God and me, how many generations have there been? Therefore,
the physical distance or vertical times span between God and me is
quite great. Between you and me as well, there is a great horizontal
distance: that of culture. Only the power of the parent-child
relationship can close those great gaps.

Is it easier for me to call God Father or for you to call me
Father? So many people have tried to call God Father, but because they
could not fulfill the incredible conditions necessary to bridge the gap
between them, they could not truly live up to their position as child
of God. But it is easier for you, since all the preparations have been
made. You can come to the Unification Church and digest the truth of
the Principle; then you can easily call the True Parents your own
parents.

Who has the greatest cause for rejoicing: me when I call God my
Father or you when you can call us your True Parents on earth? I had to
suffer so much in order to be accepted as God's true son, but you have
been granted such an easy course. All you have to do is learn the
Principle, change your attitudes, and come to a new realization of the
existence of the True Parents. But since it was so easy for you, some
of you cannot appreciate the value of knowing the True Parents. You
should rejoice the most, since you paid the least price for the
greatest blessing. You have obtained a priceless treasure for a
tremendous bargain!

Maybe the price you paid to understand the message and the existence
of True Parents was only a seven-day workshop. However, I had to pay
with gallons of blood and sweat to give you that message. Everything
you read in the Principle is the record of the struggles and pains I
have endured.

You must realize the preciousness of the Principle. Now you can
understand why the world is going the way it is and what God's
dispensation is all about. You have been given more knowledge than any
other people-more than any philosopher, past or present. You know more
than any great scholar does because you understand all the secrets of
history. You are not actually, qualified to receive such an
understanding; so many people have dedicated their entire lives to
pursuing the truth, but they died without ever knowing what you have
been handed so freely.

You have been given this great understanding, so you are qualified
to hold up your head without shame before the world. If I had been
ashamed of what I am, God could not have been proud of me either. Jesus
himself declared that his disciples should go out and bear witness to
him. "So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will
acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven," Jesus said, "but
whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is
in heaven."

The same is true with the Unification Church. Are you afraid and
ashamed before the world to be a member of the Unification Church? The
Principle represents the entire truth of the universe, including the
highest realm of the spirit world, so whenever you deny your
association or behave in a shameful way, you are denying your
connection with all those realms.

I want you to understand clearly the meaning of the True Parents and
their relationship with you. Are you indebted to the True Parents or
not? To what extent? It is impossible to repay such a debt with
material goods; only one small thing can repay it: your love. You have
been given great love, and you can repay it only with your own love. In
the past, you knew True Parents only abstractly. Now through this
sermon, you can come to know us in reality. Certainly there is a
difference between the abstract and the real. God desires real people;
He needs to deal with the realities of life, not concepts or
abstractions.

When you come to Belvedere and I do not give the sermon, you feel
slightly unfulfilled, don't you? A man may return home after a long
day's work and his children jump up to greet him, but if his wife is
absent he feels that nobody is home. Likewise, no matter how many loved
ones come to greet a woman, if her husband is not among them she feels
unfulfilled. From the viewpoint of the language of love, if the central
object and focus of your love is missing, It's as if no one was there.
When I am not here, you Unification Church members feel as if no one is
home, don't you?

In the whole universe, the most important word is parents." There
have been many wonderful sons and daughters of great loyalty and
devotion in secular society. For the sake of True Parents, shouldn't
there be even greater sons and daughters of filial piety? The title
"True Parents" means universal parents, parents whose concern is
universal. Therefore, the sons and daughters of true filial piety must
adopt the same concern. You must not be content to live just for
yourself and your family if you are truly the sons and daughters of
True Parents, whose concerns encompass the whole universe. The True
Parents need sons and daughters who can put their love for the world
and all mankind before personal needs. This is logical as well.

My Relationship with You

What is the attitude of the True Parents toward their sons and
daughters? Do they want their children to love only them and not be
concerned about the rest of the world'? No, even after the children
have gone to the entire world and returned home, the parents will
humbly ask, "If you have any energy remaining, can you please go out
and give more for the sake of the world? That is our desire." The True
Parents want the child to love others as much as he loves them; that is
how the joy of the parents is increased. Unfortunately, the attitude
of many parents is very selfish. They only want to receive their
children's love and hope they will disregard the world.

You know that True Parents are always pushing you out to give more
and work harder for the sake of the world. Do you like it'? I know that
you would really prefer to enjoy a relationship with me rather than
being sent out into the world. However, when you do those things, you
are building the Kingdom of Heaven for your own children and all your
future descendants. If I passed away, how would you behave? The only
thing you will retain is the tradition, which you are learning now.
That is the tradition of loving the people of the world as much as you
love your own parents. Such a tradition of love will be the means of
transforming this world of hell into Heaven. Even after I have passed
away, such a tradition will live on.

The entire spirit world will be able to welcome you when you arrive
there; people of all ages will greet you. By the same token, I want
your own children to take pride in you because you belonged to the True
Parents while they were on earth. In order to gain such a position
before the world and your own children, you must practice today the
teachings of the True Parents. By imitating our actions, you can
incorporate our parental qualities in your life and then pass them on
to your children. It may be very difficult for you to swallow so much
difficulty, but doing so will give great benefit to your children, your
nation, and the entire world. Now do you clearly understand these
points?

Don't expect many words of praise from me. I seldom say you have
done wonderful things. To hear me praise and honor your work while on
earth is already to receive your reward. When you go before God, He
will note that you were already rewarded. However, if you did not
receive many prizes and honors on earth from the True Parents, Heavenly
Father will want to give you eternal blessing in Heaven. So is my
attitude loving or cruel'? Which kind of reward would you prefer: a
temporal one on earth, or the eternal one in Heaven?

When top Unification Church leaders come to East Garden, I usually
criticize them so much that some of them can't bear it. They should be
grateful for such treatment, however. I feel that anyone who can endure
my criticism and scolding and remain humble and obedient is really
special. Certainly God too notices such a person. Once you understand
this profound truth you can go beyond such trivial concerns as who got
the best Christmas present from True Parents.

In the Unification Church we always dwell in two worlds - this
physical realm and the spirit world-and we have to deal with both.
Therefore, we cannot just think about the requirements of the physical
realm; in fact, we must learn to consider eternal spiritual values
first. Sometimes the eternal values conflict with those of this
physical world and we experience difficulties and persecution as a
result. But because we understand that we are winning on the eternal
level, we can rise above the problems presented by this physical
world.

When I entered prison in North Korea, I arrived as a humble
newcomer. I never demanded respect from the others as the founder of a
world-level religion. Since the other prisoners present were my elders,
I acted like a private in front of superior officers. After eating our
evening meal, there was nothing to do except talk. Prisoners talked
about their lives and their various experiences. Everybody wanted to
talk about his mistakes or crimes and how he had been caught and
imprisoned. They also wanted to discuss their families. But after a few
months those topics ran out, so the others had nothing more to speak
about.

I had been the only person who had not spoken very much, so
everybody else was very curious to hear what I had to say about myself.
"Shall I talk about anything I feel like?" I asked them. They all said
yes, they were interested in whatever I had to say. So I started to
tell them a story that was a fictionalized version of the Principle.
Every day I explained to them various contents of Principle, but in the
form of a long narrative tale. This continued for about a week. After
seven days of sharing, I suddenly stopped and said, "Well, I am
finished. I don't feel like saying any more." But the leader of the
group demanded that I continue because everyone wanted to hear more.

When I entered prison, I looked for the worst position in the cell.
There was one corner where the terrible toilet bucket was kept, and I
chose that spot as my place. However, the head of the cell ultimately
demanded that I take a better place, away from the toilet. Even though
those men were criminals, they still possessed an original mind and
were able to respond out of the goodness in their hearts.

Do you think that I am an extraordinary person? You say yes, but my
way of relating with other people in society is very ordinary and
down-to-earth. I can make friends with anyone; I can laugh and joke
with anyone, anywhere. When people meet me they are attracted by this
quality.

There were many young girls who wanted to be my girlfriend when I
was young. I was never rude to them, but I always tried to educate
them. One by one, they came to understand what I was saying. Many girls
had a very strong purpose: to win my heart and marry me. Some of them
did some very crazy things. Obviously, none of them succeeded. Even
now, as old grandmothers, each of those girls can remember how I
treated her. They all have good memories of me, even though they were
frustrated in their original desires. If I had been born in the West,
do you think the same thing would have happened here'? Probably so.
God's heart and God's love are like true magnets, pulling all people
toward the one who possesses them.

The Payment of Indemnity

As a rule, I never discuss my personal experiences. Each of you must
attend the 2 1 -day and 40-day workshops to learn more details about my
life. I don't want to talk about myself before you and reveal all the
difficulties I suffered for your sake. Your elder brothers and sisters
should educate you about your parents. They should teach the younger
brothers and sisters about the parents' heart, and help them appreciate
the hardships the parents endured. This is more valuable than hearing
it from the parents themselves. In order to understand the heart of
the Unification Church, you must attend these workshops. Most of you
have already completed a seven-day workshop.

What kind of course are we treading in the Unification Church? Where
are we now'? Our course is one of paying indemnity to accomplish
restoration. Without the payment of indemnity, no restoration is
possible. Unification Church members do not want to pay indemnity, but
to dislike indemnity means to dislike restoration. Most of you are
clever, however, and you realize that restoration is valuable. You
don't want indemnity, but which comes first: restoration or indemnity?
The answer is indemnity. Still you don't like it, do you'?

God has a certain point of view. Whose side are you standing on,
God's or Satan's? You must be certain that you are standing on God's
side. You know that you want to be restored and fulfilled under God's
dominion, but from God's point of view, there is no way He can receive
you and restore you unless you fulfill the necessary indemnity.
Therefore, those who like restoration but don't appreciate indemnity
are still standing on the side of Satan and not God. Which side
appreciates indemnity? Only God's side.

Within the Unification Church itself there are two sides: God's and
Satan's. Analyze yourself clearly and ask yourself which side you are
on. After this sermon, you should realize that only by embracing and
accepting the course of indemnity can you truly align yourself with
God's side. According to God, the person who embraces the road of
indemnity and fulfills the conditions, which come to him, will be the
leader in the future.

Some of you might wonder why I don't speak more tactfully and behave
more diplomatically to avoid causing so much controversy. The answer is
that I need to go a difficult way if I am going to champion the cause
of God and pay the most indemnity. I cannot pay indemnity by placating
everyone. Instead, I have had to stir up the world. I even had to
invite suffering in order to endure for God's sake. After all these
years, however, the world is running out of ways to abuse me; my
indemnity is running out. The world has nothing more to give me except
recognition.

Once the world starts to welcome me, it will welcome each of you as
well. What if there were no way for you to pay indemnity even though
you still needed to do it? If no one in secular society persecutes you,
I will persecute you in order to allow you to make the proper
conditions of indemnity. Perhaps I will mobilize the leaders to help
me in this task. I will send black leaders to give the white members a
hard time. Maybe I will send you out to sea or down into the mines or I
might even send you out on a boat when a typhoon is coming. In such
ways you could get a good dose of indemnity!

Many of you wonder how many more Korean leaders you will have to
receive! You think you cannot stand another short guy from Japan
either! But you must welcome such people and the difficulties you
encounter in your relationships with them. That is a way of paying
indemnity.

When you come to a matching, many of you ask for an international
marriage, a Japanese or Korean spouse, for instance. Some of you had to
use interpreters to converse with your fiancé. What indemnity! A
handsome man engaged to a small, potato-shaped Korean girl with a nose
so flat he can't even see it might wonder what is happening to him! The
answer is simple: indemnity.

I have continuous peace of mind, regardless of the fact that the
U.S. government is trying to convict me of criminal charges and send
me to jail. I accept it as just one more form of indemnity. Since I am
still paying indemnity after all these years, how can you think you can
avoid it? Are you going to ask for the good part of my inheritance
without also expecting to receive the indemnity course I went through'?
When you accept indemnity willingly and without complaint, your
inheritance and blessing automatically become greater. This is
logical.

However, many members have conditional faith. They praise all the
good aspects of our faith: the Principle, the love of brothers and
sisters, True Parents, unity, but they cannot accept such things as
fundraising. Then what does that indicate about your attitude toward
indemnity?

Welcoming Indemnity

Those of you, who welcome indemnity, show me your hands. Actually, I
don't want it either! But I must welcome it because it is the only road
we can follow to free ourselves from Satan's accusations. Because of
where it takes us, we can welcome the road of indemnity.

Everyone wants to graduate from the course of indemnity. It is
natural to want to graduate as quickly as possible, so that means you
should seek out the toughest tasks. If you have a fine, outstanding
fiancé, you should feel: "I don't deserve such a person.
Somebody else must have paid the indemnity for me so I could receive
him (or her). Thank you, Heavenly Father."

We have a unique, dramatic way of life. We have learned to overcome
all fears. Even prison should not be feared. I know that I can
transform the worst prison cell Into Heaven. With such confidence,
nothing can really bother or disturb you.

This sermon is an example of what I have been talking about. A
preacher will normally speak for only 40 minutes or so, but I have
already been speaking four hours. Can you welcome this? Before you meet
the new year, I want you to be cleansed and prepared. You must
reorganize yourself before the new year.

From this time forward, will you willingly accept the course of
indemnity? If your leader doesn't push you

enough, you can go and pull him forward! The opposite attitude is to
say, "My leader isn't really following the true course of indemnity
Father talks about. If he doesn't do it, I won't either." Are you going
to choose that route'? From this understanding, you can clearly judge
the truth about your own situation.

Among 10 people, if nine rise at 8:00 a.m. and one at 7:50, who is
the winner in the indemnity contest'? Why shouldn't lie get up at
6:50-or 1:50? Those who come to Belvedere first are paying the most
indemnity in this situation.

Harlem is known as one of the most dangerous, rundown areas in New
York City. The person who goes to work there for that reason
understands the principle of indemnity. Hardly anyone wants to go to
work in Africa because it is less developed, but the person who seeks
out such work also understands indemnity.

All you Korean fiancées, please raise your hand. I made up my
mind to give you a special course of hardship as a group. All the
Japanese fiancées of Americans are included in this category as
well. You are going to be pushed into some special indemnity course.
When the Pilgrim fathers first came to this land, they endured terrible
suffering in order to survive and establish this country. Therefore,
those foreigners now coming to this nation as wives of American young
men should endure even worse suffering. You are becoming the true
ancestors of the ideal nation and world. You are the bridges being
built between the East and West. You Koreans and Japanese should be
exemplary in serving your parents-in-law. This will start a great
movement in America-parents pushing their children to marry Orientals.

Initiating Indemnity

What about you American women? Will you be able to compete
successfully with these hard-working Oriental sisters'? You will have
to work even harder in order to win back the best American brothers who
currently want Oriental fiancées. American women should pay
indemnity to restore this country. Unless the women of the United
States become a new breed, this country has no hope. Two thirds of the
homes that break up do so because of the woman. Some women marry a man
only in order to get his fortune; once they have been married for a
while, they divorce so they can get half of the husband's wealth. This
is the strategy of some women.

If the American men are wary of marrying an American woman, you
should simply work hard, pay lots of indemnity, and I will bring many
Oriental men over here as your husbands. By marrying an Oriental man,
you bridge the gap between East and West. Like the Oriental women who
came to America and worked hard and suffered to pioneer the heavenly
tradition, perhaps you will go to the Orient and duplicate their work.
Since you understand the necessity of the indemnity course, you cannot
run away from it. Where could you go? The indemnity course is good and
necessary.

At this very moment, someone somewhere is killing himself. The
suicide rate has skyrocketed in recent years. Tens of thousands of
people kill themselves each year in the United States. But if they
understood the meaning of indemnity, they could never kill themselves.
We can save all those lives by explaining the Principle and the reality
of indemnity. Then they could have hope and new vision, knowing their
lives could be invested for a great purpose.

When I selected the foreign missionaries, I sent an impossible
combination to each country: one American, one German and one Japanese.
My direction to them was to unite; that was their indemnity course. If
they were able to unite in their mission, they were able to bring great
accomplishments; but if they could not unite, nothing good could happen
in their country.

It is ridiculous for someone who is walking the course of indemnity
to state, "I have been in the Unification Church for a long time, so
others should serve me." How can you say such a thing'? I am still
walking the course of indemnity, and I have been in the Unification
Church longer than anybody! Don't you think this church is a dramatic
and exciting place? What makes it so? Actually, indemnity itself is
what makes it dramatic.

Even though you say you agree with me, in your heart you don't want
indemnity. But from now on, the most clever and bright people in the
Unification Church will be the ones who seek out indemnity. Before now,
the clever people have usually discovered ways to avoid indemnity, and
only the not-so-clever ones willingly entered into indemnity. But from
1982 on, we must turn that around and see the opposite thing happen.
The smartest and most capable members of the Unification Church must
become the first to go the way of indemnity, on their own initiative.

Of all the different aspects of our movement - the newspaper
companies, the fishing businesses, etc.-which do you think will bring
you the most indemnity? During the past five years, The News World has
been persecuted and the people who worked there have suffered
immensely.

Do you think those who travel the indemnity course should expect a
nice, large monthly salary? If you really want to pay indemnity, you
will turn your good salary over to some greater purpose. You must
receive your salary from God. You can't take it from your mission work.
Once God is able to receive the entire world as an offering to Him,
each person in the world will be entitled to receive a salary from
God.

The Use of Money

When you have restored a nation, transforming it into a God-centered
country, that nation will reward you with a salary you can receive.
However, whenever you receive a salary now, you should use only the
bare minimum you need and give the rest for the purpose of world
restoration. This is the will of God. Then God will want to give you a
huge salary. Your attitude as children should be to say, "I will
receive a salary only after the True Parents receive one." Do you think
I receive a salary?

The most important, primary purpose of our life is to bring this
world back to God's side. Even when you are married and have many
children, if you are unable to dwell in a nation that is owned by God
and under His domain, you are just like the Jewish community in the
wilderness; you cannot truly settle down. In order to achieve our
settlement, we must tighten our belts and overcome the obstacles.

Whenever the movement obtains some money, we invest it for the sake
of world restoration, beginning with the restoration of the nation.
Between the world and the family, which has the highest priority? Can
we sacrifice the world for the sake of our family? Certainly the family
must walk the indemnity course for the sake of the world. This is how I
have lived my life. God Himself has lived this way. You must realize
this truth.

You must take the initiative to be a positive element, which adds to
the benefit of the Unification Church, and never become a burden to
it. Without such determination, you cannot fulfill the course of
indemnity. I feel responsible to educate each of you while you are
still young about how to support yourselves and contribute to the
Church. You experience terrible persecution from the outside world, but
go ahead and take it; accept all the curses and abuses. These are the
experiences that will make you strong for the future.

Some Korean women came here and started asking their hardworking
American fiancés for financial help; they complained about their
situations. This is totally against my desire. I wanted those Korean
fiancées to come here and give comfort and encouragement to
their future husbands who have been working so hard in their public
missions. Instead, they became burdens to their husbands! This is
terrible.

Some Korean girls have even been telling their fiancés that
they are wasting their time in their public missions and that they
should return to school and get a degree so they can support them in
their marriage. There is absolutely no way I will accept this
attitude. If you Korean women feel so strongly about your husband going
to school, then you should go out and work to make enough money to send
him to school once he has fulfilled his public mission. Do some of you
Korean women now regret having chosen a Western husband? I would like
to see you use whatever money you have been spending for makeup to buy
things for your future in-laws. You should give, not expect to receive.
The standard of the fallen world is for the new bride to receive all
kinds of benefits from her in-laws and to spend all her money on
herself. We should be just the opposite: spending our money on our
in-laws and others. All of you, who aspire to be universal women, tell
me: did you come to the United States in order to enjoy the good life'?
In choosing Korean brides for Americans, my standard was to look for
women who are healthy, both spiritually and physically. I want you to
become exemplary.

You international couples are like test cases for the future; what
you do will set the standard for the future. The most important task of
these international marriages is to give birth to great sons and
daughters. In order to do so, you must be spiritually pure. If you are
corrupted, you can never have wonderful children. I would like you to
become the true ancestors of the new America.

Those of you who worry about getting older and becoming incapable of
having children, my advice to you is to go out, work harder and let God
Himself hasten the day of your marriage. Your self-centered desire for
a family will never shorten the wait. To reach the greatest level of
accomplishment and pay the greatest amount of indemnity and have only
one child is far better than having ten children but achieving only a
mediocre standard.

God Himself is a God of indemnity. Whatever I have achieved today is
the result of going the way of indemnity my entire life. My ears want
to hear nice sounds; my mouth wants to taste good food; my eyes want to
see beautiful things-the same as you. Why then do I constantly push
myself and you into experiences contrary to the desires of our five
senses? Because we must go that way in order to reach God.

The Spirit of Indemnity

There is no easy short cut to Heaven. Even if your hair falls out
from working so hard and paying so much indemnity, your bald head will
become your badge and your source of pride. If there were some other
way to go, I would have already found it. If complaint were
permissible, I would have more reason to protest than anyone. But
complaint has no place in this life, so we must silently go this path.
The meaning of the indemnity course is to take the road of pain
voluntarily, willingly, and without complaint. The act of taking
responsibility requires the absence of complaint.

I know that there is much complaint in the Unification Church. Yet
the indemnity course has value only when it is taken willingly. You
cannot be forced. As an example, suppose I had returned reluctantly to
face this court trial, only at the urging of other people. Then I could
never count it as a victory. In fact, everybody else tried to stop me
from coming back but I determined to return without the slightest
delay. This is the victory: willing, voluntary participation in the
difficult course.

Lately I have had to stay at East Garden a lot. It has been quite
tedious at times. I have been learning how to play Ping-Pong and pool.
In order to test myself, I have been playing these games even though I
continue to lose over and over. Many people believe I have a
custom-made, ironclad body, but your body and mine have the same
composition. The only way I have been able to achieve so much in
overcoming my physical body is because I have the spirit of indemnity.

I am sure the people on the East Garden security staff are taking
note of this explanation. They probably never understood why I spent so
much time at the pool table. Now they know it was my way of paying
indemnity. Whether I won or lost, I could savor the experience; by
persevering through dozens of lost games, I could taste losing over and
over!

Some of you have had a poor understanding of the word indemnity. Do
you want an easy life or a life of indemnity'? By choosing the life of
indemnity, you can gain the ultimate reward: achieving the level and
standard of a true parent and a total relationship with God. Since
indemnity is the only means of accomplishing that, indemnity is a
blessing. If you spend 10 years fundraising on MFT, God Himself will
bow down to you.

Take whatever may happen to you and give it meaning by accepting it
as indemnity. Even common head cold or aching legs can have great
significance. When you realize you are paying indemnity, you can sense
a new burst of energy and determine to overcome all the obstacles such
as colds, aches and pains.

If indemnity were a commodity to be sold on the market, how much
would it cost? It is so precious it can never be sold; it is priceless.
Now you can understand why you must willingly take on indemnity, why
you cannot merely jump forward to your ideals. No matter what you are
doing, apply the law of indemnity to it. Then whether you are studying,
climbing mountains, or whatever, your life will be highly productive,
Whatever you touch, you will be putting the law of indemnity into
action. You must be successful in reaching up to God.

Recap of Today's Sermon

Let's recap today's sermon. First, I spoke about freedom and then
about indemnity. One of the greatest problems in American life today is
a misunderstanding of the meaning of freedom. Also, no one understands
what parental love is supposed to be. The American standard is to take
things as easy as possible; people seek ways to work less and enjoy
life more. When you join the Unification Church, however, you learn a
totally new concept: indemnity. The American way of life really hates
such a concept. Do you think you need this Unification Church
"medicine"? What about the future of the United States? All Americans
need this same medicine.

Many people think their purpose is to live day by day in the pursuit
of more and more fun; this is what freedom means to them. This has
given rise to promiscuity, drug abuse, and all those evils. Now you
should have the complete understanding that will enable you to help
these people and lead them toward God.

Another prevalent attitude among Americans today is a lack of regard
for the needs and feelings of their in-laws and even their parents. The
younger generation considers all older people virtually worthless. That
is why there are so many senior citizens' homes. After listening to
this sermon, each of you should resolve never to send your parents away
to an institution, but to welcome them into your own home and care for
them. You must also be willing to sacrifice your own desires for the
sake of your elderly parents when they need you. This is what true love
means.

Parents may sometimes visit their child unannounced. This should be
fine with the child. They should not have to make an appointment to
visit their children. Younger people should consider older people
closer to God. Each of you wants to create an ideal home and an ideal
family. Certainly you don't want to continue the tradition of
mistreating old people. Once you commit yourself to that standard of
serving older people, you will find that those who opposed your
membership in Reverend Moon's church will change their attitude.

Why do you think such a strong anti-American sentiment prevails in
the world today? It is because the American people have sought to avoid
anything related with the indemnity course. They have tried to avoid
suffering themselves, caring nothing about the suffering of others.
Even when the U.S. government sends money as foreign aid, many people
cannot appreciate it because there is no heart in it, only selfishness.
The salvation of America can only come from the course of indemnity and
America must accept it.

This is why I have been training you young Americans and teaching
you to be models of indemnity. While the current standard among young
people is to touch and embrace in public, you Unification Church
members do not even hold your fiancé's hand! Why? Only because
of indemnity. We do not want mediocre indemnity; we must fulfill the
greatest amount of indemnity.

I have instructed you not to call your fiancé very much, so
perhaps you try to get around that by writing to each other every day.
After you are married, suppose you could

meet only once a year. Such a reunion could have more value than
seeing each other every day if you had the right attitude. You could
long for each other for a whole year, and then when you finally meet in
intense, passionate love, you could produce a beautiful child. That
would certainly be a great accomplishment.

Fight for Your Virtue and This Way of Life

When we live according to the indemnity way, we have already won the
victory in life. Sometimes when outside men look at women in the
Unification Church, they get ideas such as, "That girl is so cute and
naive; I'm sure I could seduce her very easily." Such a man might think
that with just a little conversation he could win her over. But even
after five hours, he sees that she is unmoved! If he tried to talk with
her for five days, or even five years, still she would never be seduced
by his words. This is the quality of our women: they are tough.

Recently one Korean girl who is matched with a brother in
Washington, D.C. gave a testimony of how she barely escaped being raped
while fundraising. She had been constantly warned not to go out after
9:00 p.m. because the United States is much more dangerous than Korea.
But she was so eager to get a better result that one night she went by
herself to a certain area and was grabbed by three strong men who
forced her into a car. They tried to rape her there, but she made a
desperate effort to get free. She had no weapon at all, but she fought
back fiercely and almost tore their faces off!

Those three men were overpowered and beaten off by that
feeble-looking little Korean girl. They became so upset and angry that
they almost tried to kill her. Still she never gave up; she kept
fighting them. She managed to get out of the car and run away
desperately. The men ran after her. She ran to the door of one home
and they wouldn't even open it. She went to another door and then
another. Still nobody would open their door to her, so she hid in some
bushes. Although the people in the third home wouldn't open their
door-this is the American mentality-at least they called the police.
This was how she narrowly escaped.

When I heard her testimony, I felt very proud of this little Korean
girl who fought so bravely. Would you American women fight like that?
Perhaps you would give in, thinking, "Why should I endanger my life to
fight off these men?" That would be a pragmatic approach, but it would
not be the right one. You are different from all other American women.

People in the outside world have no understanding of the Unification
Church way of life, particularly our method of being matched and
married. You are engaged for three years and keep yourselves
absolutely pure. Such things are impossible for the world to
understand. They assume you must be brainwashed by Rev. Moon, otherwise
why would you live such a way? But you know the value of purity and
that Satan would make you his victim if you let him.

When you study the Principle, you learn about such terms as
"foundation of faith ... .. foundation of substance," and "foundation
to receive the Messiah." Advancing to these various levels can never be
easy. Unless you completely understand what I have said today, you
cannot attain those levels. You must understand the true meaning of
freedom, why you need parents, and why you need indemnity.

What is the foundation of faith and why do we need it? We need to
make some offering and condition on the material level. You are the
central figure in that offering. The requirements are a material
offering, a central figure in the role of Adam, and a conditional time
period, which you must pass through. You may have learned the
Principle, but you have not yet laid the foundation of faith. This,
then, is your task.

When can you lay that foundation? By fundraising you can set the
foundation of faith. Three and a half years is the time period and each
of you, in the position of central figure, offers to God the material
wealth of the world. As a consequence of the fall, the material things
of creation were separated from God's dominion. We lay the foundation
of faith in order to restore creation.

We are speaking here about the authentic way of life which
Unification Church members walk. The number seven represents
perfection. All numbers have a Principled meaning.

You are a historic individual. Your lineage goes all the way back to
the beginning point of history. In order to restore the history of this
sinful world, you must jump outside it, in a way, and go in a direction
opposite from it-even if all the powers of Satan try to pull you back.
It is inevitable that you will be persecuted. The fact that the
Unification Church has received unprecedented rejection by the world
is, in a way, proof of its truth and value. This is the first and last
time that the entire world can oppose you for having rejected its
ways.

Our Wilderness

When the entire world comes against a religion it becomes anointed
as a world-level religion. Without receiving persecution by the world,
a religion cannot elevate itself to a world-level. In my course, the
original goal should have been reached in seven years, but it had to be
extended to 21 years. When you become a member of the Unification
Church, you leave the secular world and join an entirely new process:
the march toward the establishment of a new world. Two thousand years
ago, the Jewish people marched out of Egypt toward Canaan. Now we are
marching into Canaan on the worldwide level.

The Israelites wandered through a literal wilderness and desert;
today we must walk through a different kind of wilderness, a symbolic
wilderness of the heart and mind. This is the world we are traveling
through right now. Your families have criticized your way of life. This
is similar to the Egyptians trying to hold back Moses and the
Israelites, refusing to let them go.

Only those Jewish people who truly loved their traditions and
society had the courage to follow such a difficult course. Likewise, we
must go this way for the sake of the Heavenly Kingdom, the
establishment of the sovereignty of God. We march with true patriotism
toward the heavenly nation. A wilderness is a rugged place. I have
been traveling through that wilderness for the past 21 years,
pioneering a path. I can now lead you along the way and keep you from
getting lost.

While Moses was on the top of Mount Sinai receiving the Ten
Commandments from God, he was gone from the community for 40 days and
nights. During that time, the faith of the Israelites was shaken to
such an extent that they created a golden calf to worship. The 40 years
from 1945 to 1985 is the equivalent to the 40 days Moses spent on Mount
Sinai, with the established Christian churches in the position of the
chosen people. A similar confusion has seized worldwide Christianity:
they are embracing all kinds of secular practices the way the
Israelites turned toward idol worship.

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, the people defied him, and he
was overcome with anger and shattered the tablets on which the Ten
Commandments were written. Similarly, when I came bringing the
Principle and the understanding that can save the world, people laughed
and rejected me.

Young people are being corrupted by such satanic influences as drugs
and sexual promiscuity. Satan is using such things to lead them to
their death. This is exactly the kind of thing that occurred when the
Israelites disobeyed Moses. In the midst of all the degradation of the
world, the Unification Church is emerging with a message and banner of
hope. We are carrying the standard of God's truth and we are practicing
His principles.

God's plan is for the Korean people to lead this crusade followed by
the Japanese; these two nationalities together can lead the American
people. There has been enmity among these three nations in the past,
but now they are coming together under God's direction. Because this
unity is occurring, there is hope for unity throughout the world.

The Heart of Offering

We are living here in the United States but we are a new breed of
people; our goal and purpose are different. Once we reach Canaan, we
must restore the nation, tribe, clan and family.

Now we are doing economic activities; this is a time to make a 100%
offering to God. You should tell God, "Everything that belongs to me is
Yours." When you go fundraising with such an attitude, you are making a
condition to restore the entire world and all things of creation.

To make a perfect offering, you go out and raise funds, add
something of your own, and then offer it to God. Instead of taking a
percentage of the results for yourself, you can add a percentage from
your own possessions. Perhaps you can take off your coat and offer it,
or offer a schoolbook or a piece of jewelry. You need to set the
condition of offering something from your personal resources.

The Bible tells the story of Ananias and Sapphira, a rich couple who
sold their resources and told Peter they had given everything to the
community of Christians, although they actually kept part of it for
themselves. The moment they lied to Peter, they were punished by God
and fell down dead. This is a dramatic expression of how God expects
people to make an offering.

I am teaching you how to make an offering by giving you fundraising
experiences. When you are given pocket money for personal expenses, you
can return it and ask that it be spent for God's purpose.

Recently, one of the MFT commanders came to me asking for some
awards for the most successful members on the MFT I asked him what they
would like and he told me that all they wanted was a signed picture of
Mother and me. They weren't interested in material things, even though
they dedicate their daily lives to raising funds. They only wanted some
memento of True Parents.

This world is a vicious place, a "dog-eat-dog" society. How
different is the Unification Church society! The United States is the
front line of our campaign for world salvation. We have brought to this
country large sums of money over the past four years, but no newspapers
have reported these facts. On the contrary, they promote the idea that
I am draining this country's resources, using young people like slaves,
and piling up money somewhere else. This kind of treatment I simply
accept as good indemnity. Eventually, the American people and the
world will know the truth. Never before has someone invested so much
effort and resources for the sake of America, trying to revive the
American spirit.

U.S. politicians themselves are often not very dedicated to the
welfare of this country. When representatives of other governments come
here, they usually ask for something for their country. I came here,
however, under all kinds of persecution, and have been investing
everything to aid this country. Once the American people realize this,
they will support my activities.

Now we are in the process of creating The Washington Times, which
can disseminate the truthful viewpoint. Lies can be very believable;
truth, on the other hand, may sometimes be hard to accept. But
ultimately, truth will stand up after all the lies have fallen away.
Then people will understand what Reverend Moon is all about. Every
penny our movement spends is carefully evaluated in terms of achieving
God's will.

In order to erect a foundation of faith, each person must make some
material offering. After setting a foundation of faith, a foundation of
substance must follow. This means physical restoration on the human
level-Cain and Abel must be restored. Abel must reach out to Cain and
together they must come to God as united, loving brothers. Why is this
necessary?

The Old Testament era was the era of offerings, of laying the
foundation of faith. The New Testament era was the era of the
foundation of substance; Jesus came in the position of Abel in relation
to the world, which was Cain. Once the foundations of faith and
substance have been successfully laid, we can make the foundation to
receive the Messiah. What is the Messiah? True Parents.

The Foundations of Faith and Substance

The order of restoration, then, is all things of creation first,
next relationships among brothers and sisters, and finally the position
of parents. This is how the process of creation originally took place:
God created all things first and then Adam and Eve. Finally they were
supposed to become the true parents of all mankind. The ultimate goal
was the complete unity of Adam and Eve's family with God's love.

The family is the building block of the Kingdom of Heaven. The
family is the boundary line that separates the heavenly world from the
satanic world. God's plan is to hold husband and wife in His arms,
within His domain. If God rules the husband-wife relationship, He has
all other relationships and all things of creation as well.

When husband and wife come together, there should be no room for
Satan to accuse them. If Satan can say, "That person is not worthy; he
didn't set a proper foundation of faith and he didn't do any
witnessing," that would be unfortunate. In order to be completely free
of accusation, you should go through this course before you get
married.

The foundation of faith is necessary before restoring the
relationship between Cain and Abel. Because of the human fall, all
things of creation fell into the hands of Satan through Cain; Cain has
everything and uses them for satanic purposes. But you must be
different from previous people. As Abel, you must be different from
Cain. Unless you restore the position of all things and the
relationship between brothers-Cain and Abel-you are not worthy to
receive the position of parent.

Until the brothers are united, they cannot come to their parents.
Why'? The elder brother's position was supposed to be the one closest
to God but Satan stole that position. Therefore, God assigned to the
younger brother the restoration of the elder brother. Only upon the
foundation of their unity could the Messiah be received. Cain must go
to meet the Messiah through Abel, his mediator. Eve is supposed to help
Abel successfully restore Cain. Holding her two sons Cain and Abel in
her arms, Eve can then go to her husband and restore family unity.

In the last days, the world is divided into two basic sides: the
communist and the free world. They are in the position of the Cain
world and Abel world. Both must meet the Messiah and both must find
unity. Christianity should stand in the position of Eve, but since
Christianity's influence in the world is so weak, the Unification
Church has come forward to take that position and embrace the two
worlds of Cain and Abel. Although Christianity was supposed to fulfill
that role, the Unification Church is now in the position of Eve.

In order to receive the Messiah, you must become an Abel and restore
your Cain. Then you can unite with Eve and meet the Messiah. Centering
upon the parents, you can then enter into a union with God as a family
unit. This is the beginning of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and the
end of Satan's rule. Because of the human fall, mankind's lineage
became stained by sin. Through the Blessing, the blood lineage is
changed and purified.

Since this is the culmination of human history, confusion is
rampant, especially among young people. Teenagers are being led into
all kinds of immoral and impure activities. As teenagers in the Garden
of Eden, Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed. Now the original human
fall is being reenacted on the worldwide level among teenagers through
such phenomena as "streaking," free sex, homosexuality, and sexual
abuse of children by their own parents and grandparents. Incredible
perversions are occurring all over the world; the human fall is being
multiplied on a worldwide scale.

But we are in the position to set a new tradition. We are creating
historic family foundations. We must not fall victim to the world's
temptations because we are in a position to begin God's realm. You
engaged couples must be completely free from lust for some other man or
woman. Even to think of sexual relationships with someone other than
your fiancé is a sin. You should remain completely pure,
liquidate the past, and become new men and women. You must nurture your
relationship with your heavenly counterpart, your fiancé.

In the Garden of Eden, God created only one man and one woman, not
two men and two women. What if Adam had been deformed or had a
hunchback? Still he was the only man and Eve could not have rejected
him. Eve was supposed to marry Adam and they were supposed to become
the parents of all mankind. They were to marry primarily for the sake
of God, not for themselves.

Your Marriage Course

This should be the motivation for your marriage as well. Whenever you
think, I don't want to marry my fiancé," you should remember
these points. Adam and Eve were completely at the mercy of God; they
had no choice of a mate. In the true tradition, therefore, parents
should decide whom their children ought to marry. You are marrying for
the sake of your parents, in a way. Until you marry, you live in your
parents' home and have no real claims of your own. From the Principle
point of view, do you think that what I am saying is correct or not'?

Even after Eve fell, if Adam had been stronger and had not fallen,
God could have restored Eve much more easily. The great tragedy was
that they defiled each other. According to the same principle, women
who fall away from the truth today must not defile their fiancé.
If you men cut off from such a woman, God will provide you with a
better bride. God selected Mother for me; I didn't do it myself. If
either fiancé commits sin and becomes defiled, there is still
room for restoration as long as the other remains pure.

Fallen love is the trap, which Satan has been employing for 6,000
biblical years. In a split second, you can make the gravest mistake.
You are like sticks of dynamite; but for a couple's love to explode in
beautiful joy, the fuses of two dynamite sticks must not be lit until
the right moment. Otherwise, their explosion will shatter them. For
the consummation of your love to be constructive, the order must come
from God, through the True Parents, and then on to you. If it happens
at the wrong time, the love will be directed by Satan. Your love should
focus outward for the sake of God and True Parents, and not inward on
yourselves.

You will meet some day, after each of you has been cleansed as an
individual. On that promised day when you come together as husband and
wife, you will become one body and one family, with the approval and
blessing of God and True Parents. After that you can live happily
together. If you touch your fiancée in an intimate way while you
are engaged, you are defiling her. Even though she is your
fiancée, you are not authorized to take her love in that way.
You must first cleanse your past.

When you walk down the aisle at your wedding, you must have no
thoughts of the girls you dated in the past; you must never criticize
your heavenly bride according to the standards of the fallen world,
wishing she were prettier, or taller, or whatever. You must regard your
wife as God's gift to you; your blessed spouse is the best one possible
for you, much better than a king or queen. You are a son of God
marrying a daughter of God; you are marrying a princess! There is no
greater position in the world than that.

Don't defile your mind and think about your past fallen sexual
experiences. You should consider your previous loves your worst
enemies. You must cut off from that past; you must become clean men and
women when you enter the Blessing. Cut off all the strings attaching
you to the satanic world and free yourself; then you can cross over
into the heavenly realm.

Once you enter the family-level dispensation, a higher standard of
accomplishment is required. When you receive the Blessing and start
your family, it is like you are given an automobile for driving along
the highway to the Heavenly Kingdom. You must be able to drive the car;
if the car starts to break down, you will be in trouble. When you no
longer live as just an individual but as a family, your problems will
be magnified.

Restoration through indemnity is your medicine. Even though the
medicine tastes bitter, you must swallow it in order to be cured. You
certainly don't enjoy the taste of the medicine, but you realize it is
your only means to be healed.

You must realize that behind you lies a long history of ancestral
sin. To liquidate that history as an individual requires a great
amount of indemnity. If you are a fine, handsome man, a good way to do
it would be to marry and love an unattractive woman. By doing so you
can completely liberate your sinful ancestry.

I resolved to accept as my bride an elderly, very fat woman if God
so desired. Since my attitude was to accept absolutely anyone God
chose, God gave me a beautiful, young woman Mother-as my bride. No one
can accuse that match, either, because it was not of my own initiative;
it was completely from God and the spirit world. That is the law of
indemnity.

The second 21-Year Course

Some of you may spend all your time worrying about your
fiancé and your future marriage. But remember that until now the
highest religious teachings have demanded a celibate life of their
devotees. Each of you should regard it a great privilege to be allowed
to live together as man and wife in order to accomplish God's will. I
have come to give you this great Blessing; you should be totally humble
and appreciate how precious it is.

Now we are embarking on the second 21-year course; you are now going
to walk the path as children. It is not too late for you to resolve to
follow the mainstream of the Unification Church tradition. Those of you
who have not done fundraising must go through it; those of you who do
not have spiritual children must gain some. Then you can meet the
parents.

You have a home church, which represents the entire world; it is
your small world. Whatever you accomplish in home church God will
recognize as having been accomplished for the entire world. Your 360
homes are your microcosm of the world; within them you will find
everything you would encounter in the world.

I cannot teach you about the foundation of faith unless you do
fundraising. The same with the foundation of substance. What is the
foundation to receive the Messiah? Jesus wanted to find his bride, but
he could not; therefore, he predicted that he would return for his
bride. The Old Testament era was the foundation of faith, the New
Testament era the foundation of substance, and the Completed Testament
era the foundation to receive the Messiah.

We must indemnify the entire world. For this reason, I started my
mission from a lowly position. I had to indemnify all of history,
beginning with the Old Testament era, going through the New Testament
era, and finally reaching the Completed Testament era. During the past
20 years, these three eras have been restored. All the chaos of human
history has been put into proper order.

Nothing comes easy. You must wage your battle and win it.
Restoration through indemnity requires an enormous effort. Once my
court battle is over in this country, Korea will welcome me. But if I
do not win the victory here, Korea will be unable to welcome me. Once I
go to the communist world and win a victory, I can return to the United
States and be welcomed here.

I am waging my battles against the evils of this country. I have
battled against the communist world as well. By now the communists
realize that they cannot surpass the philosophy and commitment of the
Unification movement and they are taking a defensive posture. In Bonn,
West Germany, the leftists organized a huge demonstration of about
280,000 people. We mobilized only about 300 people for a
counter-demonstration and we actually made the news before the larger
demonstration. When Mr. Brezhnev visited West Germany, no one else did
anything to challenge him. We were the only ones with enough guts and
commitment to demonstrate against him.

Our goal is not to kill the Russians; we must educate and liberate
them. We do not want to destroy Red China, either. Our international
highway system will be a concrete example of a worldwide peace
movement.

If you have not yet accomplished enough for the foundations of
faith, substance, and receiving the Messiah, you should do it now in
your home church. Raise money, bring people, and organize all kinds of
activities in your home church area. You will be married in a heavenly
wedding when you accomplish these foundations of faith, substance and
receiving the Messiah. Only then will you qualify to be married.

Home Church and Society

Have you fulfilled your home church foundation? Since 1977 1 have
been speaking and pushing you toward the home church providence.
Through home church you can inherit everything from the past, present,
and future. Times are changing. Public opinion is more open now, so
your job is infinitely easier than mine has been. You can be accepted
much more easily than I ever was.

In less than three percent of your 360 homes will you encounter
outright rejection. Has anyone ever tried to kill you for coming to his
home and trying to serve him? No such thing will happen. So far in
history, Cain killed Abel, Esau wanted to kill Jacob, and Egypt tried
to kill all the Jews. Murder of one's enemies has been the world's
method. Even now, people want to have me killed.

I know Satan's tactics very clearly. The first attempt is character
assassination. If that doesn't work, they will try to convict me
through legal means and send me to jail. If that doesn't work, they
will resort to violence. It is simply the satanic method nothing new.
Certainly it is the method of communism. What if you walked down the
streets of New York shouting, "I'm a Moonie. Shoot me if you want to"?
Nobody would do it. However, I am being stalked by people who wish to
kill me. There are many people who want to stop me.

Ronald Reagan is an example of someone who was protected by God.
Even those who were critically wounded during the attempt on his life
survived because God intervened on their behalf. Pope John Paul, as
well, was saved directly by God. I know that God is protecting me, too,
in a special way.

Would you like to have me come with you when you fundraise and do
home church? You would like it, but you know my dangerous position in
this world. Your attitude, then, should be to carry on the fight and
work for the cause on your own. You should begin now, at the outset of
this new year.

We are living during an incredible dispensation. Over the past 2,000
years, multitudes of saints and martyrs have shed their blood and tears
for God's purposes. Even with all that sacrifice, however, they could
not see the day of glory and witness the return of the Lord, the
marriage of the Lamb. Who are you? Each of you has been handed a better
position than even Jesus Christ himself. He was not given the heavenly
Blessing, but you are going to receive it. How great and amazing is
your Blessing!

Think of it: your children will be in God's direct lineage, born
without original sin. They will be entered in Heaven's register as
citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. What qualifications do you have to
bring your children to that level? What good things have you done? Can
you expect to be given such an incredible Blessing, which God's people
paid for by thousands of years of suffering, without making some kind
of condition? In order to receive it, you absolutely must do something.
The opportunity to make that condition is by doing home church; that is
your mandate.

In order to restore Cain, you must win on all levels: individual,
family, clan, and so on. Can you try to grab them all at once? Is seven
years too long? Human history extends back at least 700,000 or 800,000
years. Can you grab all historical blessings in six or seven years?
Such an attitude is that of a thief! In order to become a member of an
ideal heavenly family, you must do home church.

Home church is the realm of the tribal messiah. Even Jesus could not
establish his own tribe. The unity of Zechariah's family as Cain with
the family of Joseph and Jesus as Abel would have achieved tribal-level
restoration. Once you successfully restore your home church, your
tribe and clan will automatically be restored. The two home churches
will become one. After that, you will go to the national level home
church. Your value to your nation will be proportionate to the number
of people you can draw from your home church area to serve their
nation. Home church is the criterion by which you will be entitled to
receive reward from Heaven.

Within the Unification Church we are bringing together the Cain and
Abel tribes of Judaism and Christianity. After that unity is truly
achieved, I must bring unity between the communist and democratic
worlds. After the mission is completed here in the United States, I
will go to Russia. Once unity is achieved between the United States and
Russia, I will go into the spirit world.

World Restoration through Home Church

The United States is a melting pot for all the world's races and
nationalities. Your 360 homes represent the whole world. A circle
contains 360 degrees and one lunar year has 360 days. You will discover
every conceivable condition in home church, which is a microcosm of the
world. The various races there might represent the various eras of the
dispensation: blacks might represent the Old Testament era, Hispanics
the New Testament era, whites the Completed Testament era. There is a
certain logic to the development of history, and home church is the
best place to bring everything together.

Yellow people are the most numerous race, followed by whites and
finally blacks. Even whites and blacks combined do not equal the
numbers of Oriental people. Realizing the vast power and numbers of
people there, communism has sought out Asia. The United States has
tried to retreat from Asia and it feels it has no need for Africa. I am
concentrating on the yellow race as the key to world unity; there are
now 3.1 billion Oriental people.

You go to your home church area under the direction of Reverend
Moon, an Oriental. There you find all races, including blacks, whites,
Hispanics, and American Indians. American Indians are a yellow race
that the white people conquered with violence in this country. The
extermination of the Indians in this country was an act of evil. It is
appropriate to the law of indemnity that a yellow person, Reverend
Moon, should come to the United States and send out you white people to
conquer the nation, not by force but by love and truth. However, you
are under my dominion only in an external sense; God, Himself is
directing you through the love and truth which I bring.

Many Western nations are currently suffering from widespread drug
addiction. In the past, the Anglo-Saxon people, primarily Great
Britain, imported opium into China and encouraged drug addiction there
in order to obtain money and riches from China. The Opium War was a
famous conflict in history. Now Red China is a major cultivator of
opium poppies and is exporting great amounts of heroin and opium,
causing the corruption of Western youth and gaining great amounts of
money as well. This is evidence of the law of cause and effect.

For this reason I came to sow truth and love in this country.
Nothing can stop me; no power on earth is strong enough to withstand
the power of God, which is marching with me.

We must fulfill the mission, which was left incomplete by Jesus
Christ. If you white Americans do not do it, God will shift to the
black people. Then how ashamed you whites will be! Now Japan is
overtaking the West in practically every area of technology. In this
new age, Asia is playing an ever more prominent role.

I may appear stubborn and people may think I am blind to the world's
reality, but I am not. I am very aware of God and how He is leading the
world. It is truly God who turns the pages of history. No one before
has spoken of history in this sense.

Are you happy people? Do you say yes because you are just passively
listening to me, or are you happy because you have a great purpose in
life and have found many fulfillment through it?

Our Unusual Ways

In Latin America people take siestas in the afternoon; in Europe
summer vacations are a tradition. But for Moonies there is no time for
such things. Some people accuse the black people of being lazy, but
the fact is that once black people join the Unification movement, they
become the most diligent and hardworking members, especially in Africa.
They work so hard because they long to save the entire African
continent. They are motivated by God's ideology.

When you come to Belvedere, you often wish that I would not speak
more than two hours or so. The members in Africa, however, are praying
for me to come to speak to them; they are willing to sit for 24 hours
and listen to me. They think you are all spoiled!

Why do you suppose I speak for such a long time and insist on
certain things? I never know what God's plan for me might be. I could
be called to the spirit world today. If that happened, I wouldn't want
to regret withholding some teaching you needed. There is no guarantee
that I will live a certain length of time. When you come to Belvedere,
you represent the people of the entire world. I can trust only you
people. Therefore, I am teaching you everything. This is the parent's
heart. You are a special, trusted breed; therefore, I am going to
unload everything on you!

Our relationship will not end with this earthly plane but will
continue in the spirit world, where we will see each other every day.
When we all enter the spirit world, I do not want you to have any
regrets. I don't want you to look back and realize that you did not
take my sermons seriously. If that happened, you would not feel very
comfortable and you would not be well accepted there. I would rather
hear you say, "Father, thanks to your seven hour sermon on December 27,
1981, 1 was completely changed and my commitment to home church was
doubled. Thank you so much." In that light, this seven hour "ordeal" is
nothing; it is actually a joy.

It is with a parental heart that I speak to you for such a long
time. It is up to you whether you take it seriously or not. I know
that scholars and thinkers will take it seriously in the future. I am
speaking not only to you but to history and all your posterity. This
particular sermon is making a footprint in history.

There is no way you can bypass home church work and still come to
the True Parents. Of all the gifts I can give you, home church is the
greatest; receive it with all sincerity, integrity and seriousness.
Through home church we will transcend all boundaries, whether national,
racial, or cultural. The heavenly nation is blossoming and we are
bringing hope to Christianity and to the United States through home
church.

Even if I were to pass away now, you would be capable of saving this
nation. Each of you has been taught your responsibilities. You must
know that I have brought the historical victory. You know the True
Parents well. Now your duty and mission is to fulfill your
responsibilities. This will be your joy and blessing. Amen!

If you have been living by a lukewarm standard so far, change it
beginning with 1982. From now on, have absolute confidence in what you
are doing. You should regulate yourself according to the Principle.

Since I have completed my duties here, perhaps I should take a nap
now and then, or go on a vacation. God is encouraging me to do that.
Maybe in this coming year I will sleep for one month without stopping!
If you come to Belvedere and don't see me, you might ask where I am and
hear the answer, "He's sleeping." The following week, when you come
again, the answer might be, "He's still sleeping." What would you say
to that? Would you be indignant?

What if I started to wear a suit made of golden fabric? God wants to
indemnify all the deprivation and suffering poor people have undergone
in the past, and maybe He could do so by giving me a suit of gold. But
wearing a gold-plated suit would not be easy; since it would be awkward
and uncomfortable, it would still be indemnity! Would you point your
finger at me and call me crazy?

Sometimes when I go to sea, I kill fish with my hands and eat them
raw. Maybe by doing so I can vindicate all the thousands of people who
died at the mercy of the sea!

The new year is coming, and I might do some unusual things. Would
you have trust in me, no matter what I do, that I will not deviate from
the Principle? Can you maintain confidence that there is a meaning and
purpose behind everything I do?

I want to prepare you for the coming year so that you can be
invincible champions for God. God bless you.